French Student Learning Outcomes by Course
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French 1
Upon completion of the course, successful students will:
1. Converse in a culturally appropriate manner about everyday topics such as greetings
and personal description within the limits of vocabulary and structures appropriate to
beginning French 1.
a. Assessed by oral exam in final exam.
2. Read and demonstrate comprehension of a short paragraph in French about other
people, places or everyday topics.
a. Assessed by reading paragraph and answering questions in final exam.
3. Write a 5-10 sentence paragraph in French about themselves and everyday topics.
a. Assessed by a short composition in final exam.
French 2
Upon completion of the course, successful students will:
1. Converse in a culturally appropriate manner with French speakers about everyday topics
such as discussing their future plans or relating something that happened in the past.
Students will do so within the limits of vocabulary and structures appropriate to
beginning French 2.
a. Assessed by oral exam in final exam.
2. Read and demonstrate comprehension of short articles in French.
a. Assessed by reading paragraph and answering questions in final exam.
3. Write a 1-2 paragraph composition in French about topics such as discussing their daily
routine or describing a past event with passé composé and/or imparfait.
a. Assessed by a short composition in final exam.
French 3
Upon completion of the course, successful students will
1. Converse in a culturally appropriate manner about themselves and their lives as well as
cultural aspects of France and/or francophone countries such as the euro zone,
commerce in France, housing etc. Students will do so within the limits of vocabulary and
structures appropriate to beginning French 3.
a. Assessed by oral exam in final exam.
2. Read and demonstrate comprehension of a 2-3 paragraph cultural texts in French.
a. Assessed by reading paragraph and answering questions in final exam.
3. Write a 2-3 paragraph story in French about themselves such as recounting the best day
or worst day of their life using a variety of tenses such as passé composé, imparfait
and/or plus que parfait.
a. Assessed by a composition in final exam.
French 4
Upon completion of the course, successful students will
1. Converse with some ease and fluency with French speakers in daily situations as well as
cultural aspects of France and/or francophone countries such as French cinema,
transportation and technology, education etc. Students will do so within the limits of
vocabulary and structures appropriate to beginning French 4.
a. Assessed by oral exam in final exam.
2. Read and demonstrate comprehension of a 3-5 paragraph cultural texts and/or
authentic texts in French.
a. Assessed by reading paragraph and answering questions in final exam.
3. Write a 2-3 paragraph composition in French such as recounting their future plans
(using futur and futur antérieur), writing their resumés or describing their vision for the
educational system of the future ( using subjonctif tense)
a. Assessed by a composition in final exam.
French 5
Upon completion of the course, successful students will
1. Write a 2-3 page creative, analytical paper or a summary in French on an assigned topic
related to the culturally appropriate texts/works studied in class.
2. Compose an organized paper in French with an introduction, at least 3 related
paragraphs and a conclusion.
3. Use simple yet correct French language acquired in level 1-4.
a. Assessed by a paper.
French 6
Upon completion of the course, successful students will:
1. Write a 3-4 page creative, analytical paper or summary in French on an assigned topic
related to the culturally appropriate texts/works studied in class.
2. Compose an organized paper in French with an introduction, at least 5 related
paragraphs and a conclusion.
3. Use both simple and more complex French language and idiomatic expressions acquired
in level 1-4 as well as their personal readings of previous French works.
a. Assessed by a paper.
French 21
Upon completion of the course, successful students will converse orally in French. They will be
able to:
1. Understand simple spoken questions on everyday topics occurring in conversational
situations such as meeting someone, making a phone call or describing one's day etc.
2. Answer orally in a cultural appropriate manner simple questions.
a. Assessed by oral examination and/or 1-2 minute oral presentation
French 22
Upon completion of the course, successful students will to converse in French with ease . They
will be able to
1. Understand spoken questions on everyday topics as well as questions centered on
culturally relevant issues in French/francophone societies such as French cinema, media
and technology, Paris versus the provinces etc...
2. Answer orally in a culturally appropriate manner questions using simple as well as
complex sentences and idiomatic expressions.
a. Assessed by oral examination and/oral 2-3 minute oral presentation.